The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-25
General Notes,

Repentance not required TO MAKE us
precious to Christ but to make Christ precious
to
The Methodist Review will be under the edi-
toriai supervision of DR.. Daniel Wise until the
session of the General Conference next May.
Isaacs closet was a field Davids was his bed
chamber; Lords was a mountain; Peters
was a house top.-Chrysostom. Where is thy
closet2
Rev. G. D. Watson d. D., has had relapse
of an old nalady-congestion of the stomach
and has returned to his homo in Florida for abb
soute
The latest cyclorama is one representing the
crueifxion Chicago is the scene of this startling
representation. which rather goes ahead OF the
"Passion Play as a speculation.
The cornerstone OF Trinity Church. Denver,
Col. was laid with imposing ceremonies Sept.
D. Addresses were made by Rev. Dr.. Moore
and Rev. DR.. Buchtel, pastor of the church.
General Booth of the Salvation Army is
planning to conduct campaign in Zululand
aud South America, and has issued call for five
thousand officers, to be trained to 60 abroad as
missionaries.
A statistician Of benevolence has just
counted large endowments amounting to &c.,
900, 900. which have been given or bequeathed TO
religious and secular institutions within the past
three months.
IAN ounce of mother is worth a pound of
preacher says a modern evangelist; but that de-
ponds very much upon the quality of that ounce
The greatest need OF the world Is womanly,
Christiike mothers. Advocate.
eff men," says the Independent, gave as lit
tie attention to their business most men do
to the Bible, what would be the consequence
The answer is that their business would speedily
go to ruin for the want OF proper attention TO
It."
Lady Henry Somerset daughter-in-law Of tho
Duke of Beaufort, has created considerable
sensation in Worcestershire with her Gospel
Tent" and peripatetic preaching. Her lady
ships oratorical powers are said to be of high
order
The Lutheran Council has granted the request
of the New York Ministerium that the Council
should prepare an edition OF the liturgy of the
church service, apart from the full church book,
In order that 1t might be introduced In congreea-
ton. especially German which are not yet pre-
pared to receive the entire book.
Measure others by a harsh rule and you will
be measured by harsh rule Measure others
by charitable rule. and you will be measured
by charitable rule Give mercy to others,
and mercy will be given to you. with what
measure ye mete. it shall be measured to you
again Henry Ward Beecher
Dr. Jessup of Beirut, writes that s'the Sultan
of Turkey has set the seal of imperial approba-
ton upon thirty-two editions of Arabic script
ures, allowing them to be sold, distributed and
shipped without leave hindrance." Two hun
dred and ninety of the books issued by the Bel
rut press have passed under examination in Da-
mascus by the government officials, and have
received authorization.
The Canadian Methodist Church covers all of
the Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland and the
Bermuda islands. with prosperous mission in
Japan. 1t has ,6l0 ministers and ministerial
Drobatoners; members, 197.479; value of church
property, SO 895 043 college property, $453. 435;
Sunddy-schoos. 2675 Sunday school scholars.
222 591 scholars who have taken the total alb
stnence pledge 1890
There are 400 Mormon bishops in Utah, l. 423
priests, 9, 941 teachers, and 6, S54 deacons Salt
Lake City Is divided into wards of eight nine
blocks each, and bishop is put in charge of
each ward Under him there two teachers,
whose business it is to learn the employment
and income of every resident Of the ward and
report the same to the bishop. Then the bishop
collects the tenth of each mans income, and
turns it In to the church authorities.
Returns of village Methodism from London to
Lincoln, England, show that in round numbers
there s, 800 villages. In 8. 900 of these the
Wesleyans are more or less efficiently at work.
In $40. other Methodist bodies have societies.
In 81 there are three or more Methodist congre-
cations. Or the 4.556 villages in which the
Wesleyans are doing nothing, there are 1.224
occupied by other Methodists and 2.292 having
no non conforast service of any kind.
The late Mark Hopkins thus began his will;
I'm making my will / wish first to express my
sense of the great goodness of God to me during
a long life, the blessings of which have far ex-
ceeded my expectations. Second l wish to ex-
press my mistaken faith in the glorious gospel
of that blessed God as it is revealed by and in
Jesus Christ and my personal acceptance of
him as my only ground of hope in passing into
the future world; and my prayer is that all my
children may accept this Savior in their hearts
and serve him IN their lives"
The Calcutta Englishman calls attention to
remarkable decline the popularity of the
great Rath Jattra, Car festival at the Jug
gernaut temple In Orssa. That the number of
visitors this year should show a large decrease
might have been expected, owing to the recent
loss of two pilgrim steamers and to the common
belief that the loss of the third had been pre-
dicted. 1t appears, however that although the
falling off is more marked this year, it has been
going on steadily for some years past. The re-
ligious enthusiasm of the crowd is said to be also
disappearing. There is longer a wild rush
for the car in which the idol is dragged from
the the temple to a country house and back |
gain, and on several occasions it has been nee
essary hire coolies to perform the work.
INDIA N APOLIS